He graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1986. He finished his internal medicine residency there in 1990, spending an additional year as the chief resident. He then did a fellowship specializing in cardiovascular disease at Columbia University, where he was chosen as chief fellow in his final year.
He specializes in primary prevention, valvular disease, consultative cardiology, echocardiography and non invasive testing.
His office at 903 Park Avenue in Manhattan has old world charm, but utilizes the most cutting edge technology to assist in cardiac diagnosis. He has another office adjacent to Columbia University Medical Center, the hospital he is affiliated with.
He has been featured in several videos that are available online. One was done for the Joy of Giving … [Continue reading...]

WHAT’S AT THE HEART OF A DECISION FOR PATIENTS WHO MAY NEED STENTS?
Understanding the right questions to ask about stents can have a meaningful impact on patient health
In the last 20 years, treatment options have proven so commonplace and effective in treating coronary artery disease (CAD), the most common type of heart disease, that many patients spend little time asking doctors about treatment advances and benefits. They instead limit their questions to economic or logistical matters, but what they should be asking is how quickly they can get back to their daily lives.
In fact, a recent Harris survey showed that most Americans have little information about stents until they develop CAD. So what are the other questions that patients should be
asking? What are the latest … [Continue reading...]

NON-PROFIT HEALTH-LIFESTYLE
***MENDED LITTLE HEARTS INITIATIVE TO SAVE LIVES***
NEW RESOURCES TO HELP PARENTS, CHILDREN WITH MOST COMMON BIRTH DEFECT MOTHER OF LITTLE DARTH VADER LAUNCHES NEW EFFORT TO FIGHT HEART DISEASE FROM THE START
Child Actor Max Page’s Mom, a Cardiologist & St. Jude Medical to Explain the Challenges Facing Families with Congenital Heart Problems
A new initiative by the non-profit Mended Little Hearts and St. Jude Medical will offer an important new resource for parents who need answers—and it’s being headlined by none other than the mother of “Little Darth Vader,” Jennifer Page. You may know her son Max from his appearances on the soap opera “The Young and the Restless” and from his well-known role as little Darth Vader in a Volkswagen Super Bowl commercial … [Continue reading...]